Char-grilled clams

Surely Rafa’s is the most famous restaurant in Roses after El Bulli. Rafael Cantero’s rules are very simple: to buy fish, crustaceans and mollusks directly from the fishermen in the morning and char-grill them all day long in front of his clients. Nothing more. Gingham tablecloths, paper napkins, wood benches and a few paintings on the wall are the only decoration. What counts here is the formidable quality of the food. For what it’s worth, Ferran Adrià and Joan Roca are some of the regular clients…